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-3- Frischman staid that being televised is a good way to get all kinds of information to residents; including the Emerald Ash Borer information. We also have a fah ount of public Hearings that are held. We are providing a service to residents byallowing thea o be a part of the process even iftht are not physically hem. Burg stated she will intern the County of these concerns. Coachman felt that if residents have concerns about Parks, Recreation and Environmental Commission meetings no longer being televised, they should contact their Council members. Burg stall that given the Brassard Ash Borer situation only, seems like a good reason to keep it televised. The ash tree is the largest population ofnees is Miratceota. It hes already dawn up about 4 miles from here. If you have woodpecker in your ash tree, you probably already have the infestation. It takes 4 years before the damage stows up. It spreads really fast. Spending mai; too to treat a tree for throe or four years may save the tree. If we can get theword out, that is worth reexamining whc we have this meeting Harreid stood the City will treat boulevard tees and have information available her residents o pay to teal their Own trees. Burg added the City will teat boulevard and park trees The City needs o develop a plan of which pees it will neat first. There has been alk of having our city service available to home owners to neat a her, Burg staid she would punched that service because the cost to replace one ash nee would he at lean $150 and doer she would have to wait 30 years for it to grow to the size of the one she Ion. Burg stated that we are considering Ending ways to allow residents In find a contractor that is reasonable. It could be as simple as providing information to residents about contractor's that are using products that we kaow work, have reasonable rates and are reputable. Breus stated that once the Council gave the grace light to move forward, we went in the Cities that we know, are aped of the ball game in forestry and sound colle ving other City Emerald Ash Borer plans. Nation stated that an article in the newspaper shooed you bad to treat the traw twice a year. The information be remembers from the presentation was that you teat the tree race every drops years. Than once the inf talion is past, thew it is once every five years. It is not a huge esperse an time commio�rnt Breuer showed that the application the City is planing on using has a proven rate of 2 years; now corn 3 or 4 years. However, there are different applications. There's soil drmchiug, there's aerial spray. Those do have to be done an a yearly basis. So that is something to keep in mind when people are drilling about their own two. Now you can buy the materials yourself in a hardware store and do the soil drenching yourself, but you would sed to do that every yea. Fruchman nand New Brighon has had a long history of having a City Forester of whom we cen course to with questions. We are siding in a very insecticides point Frischro n felt that it is too bed that the Council made the decision on not move forward with biring a City Forster.